Miss Hawaii 2015 Ms. Jeanné Kapela

Miss Hawaii 2015 Ms. Jeanné Kapela

June 1, 2015 at 2:31 PM HST - Updated July 27 at 5:53 PM

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - This past Saturday, 29 women competed in the 2015 Miss Hawaii Scholarship Pageant at the Hawaii Convention Center. At the end of the night, Ms. Kakaako Jeanne Kapela rose above the rest to claim the title of Miss Hawaii 2015.

Speaking on her platform of Raising awareness of human trafficking, Kapelea is now preparing to represent the Aloha state in the Miss America pageant this September in Atlantic City.